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Comics A.M. | Mary & Bryan Talbot win Costa; Tardi refuses top honor

Awards | Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes, by Mary and Bryan Talbot, has won the Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Awards) in the biography category, marking the first time a graphic novel has received the literary prize. “Just being shortlisted was amazing and hearing we’d won the category was stunning,” Mary Talbot said. “We’re delighted of course, both personally – it’s the first story I’ve had published – but also for the medium, I can’t believe a graphic novel has won.” [The Guardian]

Awards | Jacques Tardi, the acclaimed creator of West Coast Blues, It Was the War of the Trenches and the Adèle Blanc-Sec series, has refused France’s highest honor, the Legion d’Honneur medal: “Being fiercely attached to my freedom of thought and creativity, I do not want to receive anything, neither from this government or from any other political power whatsoever. I am therefore refusing this medal with the greatest determination.” [AFP]

Awards | The Indian Comic Con is accepting nominations for its awards, to be given at the 3rd Annual Indian Comic-Con in February, and they announced that the late Mario Miranda will be honored posthumously with this year’s Comic Con India Lifetime Achievement Award. [India West]

Best of the year | Publisher and blogger Erica Friedman lists her picks for the Top 10 yuri (lesbian) manga of 2012. [Okazu]

Publishing | Writer Jim Zubkavich explains why publishers prefer to work with writers they already know, rather than give the new kid a chance. [Zub Tales]